Topical issues and vectors for modern conflict resolution studies development
Reference:
Deych T. —
China's position on fighting domestic and external threat of terrorism
// Conflict Studies / nota bene.
– 2018. – ¹ 1.
– P. 1 - 11.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0617.2018.1.25425 URL: https://en. nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=25425
Read the article
Review:
The object of this research is the threat of terrorism. The subject of research is the position of China on fighting domestic and external terrorist threats. The article is focused on the threat presented to China by terrorism. This threat is impacts both, the situation within China's borders, due to Xinjiang Uygur radicals, some of whom are ISIL-trained, as well as the situation outside China, such as in Africa and the Arab East, which house many Chinese companies - their workers often become terrorist targets.
The methodological basis of this work is the comparative-political approach, the methods of analysis and synthesis. The author focused mainly on the principle of historism.
Beijing's policies of fighting terrorism still hasn't gotten due attention. The goal of the article is to evaluate the scale of the threat and the measures taken by Beijing to protect its citizens and businesses and to oppose the terrorist threat as a whole. The author also aims to analyze the newest tendencies in Beijing's policies regarding international security.
Keywords:
Arab countries, Africa, terrorist threats, terrorism, Islamic extremism, Xinjiang-Uygur radicals, China, Chinese companies, noninterference, peacekeeping
References (transliterated):
Shinn, David H. China Confronts Terrorism in Africa // World News. 30 Nov.2013. URL: http://intpolicydigest.org/2013/11/china-confront-terrorism-africa
Syroezhkin, K. Sin'tszyan: bol'shoy vopros dlya Kitaya i Kazakhstana. Astana-Almaty. 2015. 336 s. ISBN 978-601-7079-38-3. S. 321-324.
Clarke, M. How China uses fear of terrorism to justify increased power. CNN. 2016/06/08/ URL: http://edition/cnncom/2016/06/08/asia/china/xinjiang-terrorism-clarke.
Join Islamic State and Fight Chinese Infidels, Says Xinjiang Cleric, 80 // South China Morning Post. July 15, 2015. URL: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1836666/join-is.
Wong, E., Wu, A. ISIS Extends Recruitment Efforts to China with New Chant // The NewYork Times., December 8, 2015. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/asia/isis/china-recruitment-chant.
Polubota,A. Islamisty ugrozhayut prolit' reki krovi v Kitae. Rsskaya narodnaya liniya. 08.03.2017. URL: ruskline/ru/jrp/2017/mfrt/8/privedyot_li_usilenie_terroristichesky¬ugr
Topical issues and vectors for modern conflict resolution studies development
Reference:
Mekhdiev E.T. —
The issues facing a Constitutional settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within OSCE's Minsk Group's framework
// Conflict Studies / nota bene.
– 2018. – ¹ 1.
– P. 12 - 23.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0617.2018.1.25789 URL: https://en. nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=25789
Read the article
Review:
The article examines one of the most complex international conflicts of the 21st century, which sparked in the late 1980s and turned into a military confrontation between the conflicting parties in the early 1990s. The process of establishing the OSCE Minsk Group and its mediation mission between the parties to the conflict is analyzed in this work. The so-called "step-by-step" and "package proposal" plans for conflict resolution are considered. It is noted that the parties to the conflict avoid compromise, as this will be regarded by the public as a loss.The methodological basis of the research was made by general academic and specific academic methods of cognition, including analysis and synthesis, generalization, comparison, historical method.The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus region is waiting for its solution, and there is a possibility of reignition of military conflict, which can lead to catastrophic consequences. In conclusion, it is pointed out that the prospects for resolving the conflict do not depend only on the positions of its parties, as the geopolitical, economic and military and strategic interests of Russia, Turkey, Iran, the United States and the EU influence the balance of forces in the region.
Keywords:
Geopolitics, South Caucasus, OSCE Minsk Group, OSCE, Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Armenia, Azerbaijan, International Security, Principle of Territorial Integrity, UN Resolutions
References (transliterated):
From Helsinki to Budapest: History of the CSCE / OSCE in the documents of 1973-1994. In three volumes. Volume 3.-Moscow: Nauka, 1997. Declaration of the Budapest Summit: Towards a genuine partnership in a new era. Budapest, 6 December 1994, p. 7
“Declaration of Armenian delegation” Annual CSCE 1996/1997: Annual on OSCE issues/Institute of studying peace issues and security policy; MGIMO/ red. Russian redaction A. Zaqorskiy – M., 1998, p. 441
Additional Helsinki meeting of the CSCE Council, 24 March, 1992 Available at: http://www.vn.kazimirov.ru/doc2.htm (accessed: 25.12.2017)
CMFA Summit OSCE November 29, 2007, Madrid, Spain. Available at: http://www.osce.org/mg/49237 (accessed: 25.12.2017)
E. Suleimanov "Nagorno-Karabakh conflict" OSCE Yearbook 2004: Yearbook on OSCE / Institute for Peace and Security Policy Studies; MGIMO / responsible. Ed. Russian edition of A. Zagorsky.-M., 2006. p. 215
Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijani view: Collection/by IA REGNUM. –M.: ”Europe” Redaction, 2006, p. 81
Political conflicts in global politics and international relations
Reference:
Konstantinova A.P. —
Analyzing modern Russian and American approaches to the problem of Russia's isolation by Western countries
// Conflict Studies / nota bene.
– 2018. – ¹ 1.
– P. 24 - 35.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0617.2018.1.25760 URL: https://en. nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=25760
Read the article
Review:
The subject of research are the conceptual approaches of Western and Russian researchers regarding Russia's isolation by Western countries. Attention is focused on the typologization of Russian and American groups of researchers who are aware of the nature of Russia's isolation, as well as on outlining the interests represented by particular groups of American experts. The proponents of Russia's isolation in a broad variety of spheres, including conducting economic and ideological war, political destabilization and other methods, represent the majority.
Over the course of the research the author employed the methods of analysis, synthesis, the typological method that allowed for a greater measure of generalization, compared to classification and systematization. The scientific novelty of this research is the fact that the analysis of modern foreign discussions in political and academic circles on Russia-Euro Atlantic community-related issues.
The analysis conducted has discovered a multitude of viewpoints regarding Russian isolation by Western countries, and showed that, among Russian researchers, there is no single viewpoint on how to act in the situation when Russia found itself between the threat of isolation, and the impossibility of remaining a subsystem of America's economy.
Keywords:
security, NATO, geopolitics, sanctions, the West, the Russian-American relations, isolation of Russia, national interests, containment policy, international relations
References (transliterated):
Speck U. Beyond Sanctions: What’s the West’s Strategy on Russia? // Carnegie Europe. Article. August 1, 2014. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/?fa=56310 (data obrashcheniya: 06.01.2017).
The Ukraine Crisis and Russia’s Place in the International Order // The Brookings Institution. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/08/20-ukraine-crisis-russia-international-order (data obrashcheniya: 06.01.2017).
Rohac D. Europe returns to the 1930s. // American Enterprise Institute. September 9, 2015. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://www.aei.org/publication/europe-returns-to-the-1930s/ (data obrashcheniya: 13.03.2018).
Pifer S. Crisis Over Ukraine // Council on Foreign Relations. October, 2015. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://www.cfr.org/ukraine/crisis-over-ukraine/p37101 (data obrashcheniya: 06.01.2017).
Lohaus P. The lure of the ‘great power’// American Enterprise Institute. February 20, 2018. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://www.aei.org/publication/the-lure-of-th
Political conflicts in domestic politics of modern countries
Reference:
Zadora A. —
Teaching History: Sensitive Issues and the formation of identity in France.
// Conflict Studies / nota bene.
– 2018. – ¹ 1.
– P. 36 - 50.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0617.2018.1.25614 URL: https://en. nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=25614
Read the article
Review:
The author focuses attention on the particular traits of teaching history in France as part of secondary education. The point of focus are the "sensitive issues" of the history of the Fifth Republic which affect the formation of national identity of students, one way or another. These aspects of French history often spark social debate, which don't often end in agreement. The goal of this article is to analyze the didactic practices of the major actors in education - the teachers whose pedagogical practices are often limited by official instructions, curriculums, and the reactions of their students and their parents.
During the study, the author used the ideographical method, basing on empirical data received during a specific sociological study. The study itself and the diligent interpretation of its statistical spread allowed the author to define a broad spectrum of the narratives which are the most "traumatizing" to the identity of young French citizens. The continuum of such problems includes scenarios that do not have definitive interpretations in the context of the Fifth Republic's history. The issues studied in this article aren't yet studied thoroughly enough in French social anthropology and political science, and Russian science still haven't made them an object of targeted research.
Keywords:
geopolitical choices, historical discourse, social debates, identity building, history teaching, social effect, France, actors of education, history, construction of identity
References (transliterated):
Ben-Amos A. La fabrique de l’identité nationale. Paris, CNRS Editions, 2010. 272 p.
Crivello M., Offenstadt. N. Concurrence des passés. Usages politiques du passé dans la France contemporaine // Publications de l’Université de Provence. 2006. 298 p.
Green A. Education, globalization and the Nation state. London, MacMillan, 1997. P. 4.
Anderson B. L’imaginaire national. Paris, La Découverte. 1996. 123 p.
Social perception of conflict
Reference:
Banshchikova A.A. —
"Forget about school, wash the dishes": African social conflicts, as reflected in social advertising
// Conflict Studies / nota bene.
– 2018. – ¹ 1.
– P. 51 - 74.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0617.2018.1.25335 URL: https://en. nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=25335
Read the article
Review:
The subject of this research is social advertising in African countries and how it reflects social controversies and conflicts. The article offers a selection of social advertising by major tension hot points of social life, composed of photographs made by the author and her colleagues during their expeditions to African countries. Attention is drawn to the issues of domestic violence against women, corruption, AIDS and Ebolavirus, teen pregnancy, the "sugar daddy" practice, and other troubling phenomena. The sponsorship of social advertising is a separate point of focus of this work. The methodological basis of this article rests on the fact that social advertising reflects real issues that affect society. In varying cultures, however, the same issue is viewed differently, and demands unique approaches to people's psychology: it is quite plausible that potential conflict between the African's system of values and the message sent by social advertisement. The author concludes that, despite the fact that social advertising objectively reflects social issues, it often shows them from the Western observer's points of view, and through Western values, as the majority of social advertisements are sponsored by international organizations that also provide real help. With this in mind, social advertisement that is created solely by the initiative of private individuals who made an effort to open the eyes of their compatriots to the problems that sharply affect their society, and who fight them by the means available to them.
Keywords:
export of values, moral values, visual anthropology, billboard, society, Africa, social advertisement, corruption, violence against women, AIDS
References (transliterated):
A.A. Banshchikova, D.M. Bondarenko, O.I. Kavykin. Ekspeditsiya Instituta Afriki RAN v Ob'edinennoy Respublike Tanzanii // – Vostok. – 2008. – ¹ 5. – S. 154-155.
A.A. Banshchikova, D.M. Bondarenko, E.B. Demintseva, O.I. Kavykin. Rossiyskaya ekspeditsiya v Federativnuyu Respubliku Nigeriya // – Vostok. – 2007. – ¹ 2. – S. 147-148.
Osina O.N. Sushchnost' sotsial'noy reklamy // Strategicheskie kommunikatsii v sovremennom mire: ot teoreticheskikh znaniy k prakticheskim navykam. Sbornik nauchnykh statey po materialam III Mezhdunarodnoy nauchno-prakticheskoy internet-konferentsii molodykh uchenykh. – Saratov, SGU im. N.G. Chernyshevskogo, 20-24 oktyabrya 2014 goda. – Saratov, 2015. Elektronnyy resurs.
Nikolayshvili G.G. Sotsial'naya reklama: teoriya i praktika. Uchebnoe posobie dlya studentov vuzov. – M., Aspekt Press, 2008.
Akhmedova L.S. Tekst v gorode. Osobennosti formirovaniya novogo obraza goroda v kontekste razvitiya informatsionnogo polya gorodskoy sredy // – Vestnik OGU. – 2009. – ¹ 2. – C. 165-169.
Trushina L.E. Interpretatsiya vizual'nykh te